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"Fail Safe" quotes

Fail Safe poster
A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?

Director: Sidney Lumet
Writer: Walter Bernstein, Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler
Production: N/A
Genre: drama, thriller
Year: 1964
MetaScore: 75/100
ImdbRating: 8.0
BoxOffice: $3,924,000
Released: 07 Oct 1964
Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award3 nominations total

22 video clips

Defense Secretary SwensonGen. StarkProf. GroetescheleDr. GroetescheleBrigadier General Warren A. BlackGen. BoganTsgt. CollinsCongressman RaskobThe PresidentBuck
Whether they reached a shelter or not - Fail Safe 00:36 Whether they reached a shelter or not I can hear the sound of explosions from the northeast - Fail Safe 00:08 I can hear the sound of explosions from the northeast What about the other five - Fail Safe 00:04 What about the other five Every minute we wait works against us - Fail Safe 00:35 Every minute we wait works against us And the Lord said gentlemen - Fail Safe 00:10 And the Lord said gentlemen Sergeant Collins on the double - Fail Safe 00:34 Sergeant Collins on the double I'm not your kind - Fail Safe 00:06 I'm not your kind How'd you ever get to be a translator Buck - Fail Safe 00:37 How'd you ever get to be a translator Buck The president says he may have to order our fighters - Fail Safe 00:28 The president says he may have to order our fighters If the Soviet Union is left reasonably intact - Fail Safe 00:37 If the Soviet Union is left reasonably intact Why don't you then - Fail Safe 00:22 Why don't you then I would predict - Fail Safe 00:36 I would predict They're good men We've seen to that - Fail Safe 00:31 They're good men We've seen to that

Cast

Gen. Black - Dan O'Herlihy
Dr. Groeteschele - Walter Matthau
Gen. Bogan - Frank Overton
Col. Grady - Edward Binns
Col. Cascio - Fritz Weaver
All Cast